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sounds like a debate involving mitt romney all right. plus for reasons god only knows, mitt romney once again waded into the auto bailout, the president promptly bloodied his nose with it. and my favorite moment of the debate. who showed character and who didn't? we'll be right back. oh my gosh this looks amazing! that's a good deal! [ man ] wow! it is so good! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15 entrees under $15 seafood, chicken and more! oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm actually looking at the wood grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. you so fascinated by the prices, you keep rambling on! i know! -that pork chop was great! -no more fast food friday's! so we gotta go! we're going to go to red lobster. yep. [ male announcer ] try our 15 under $15 menu and sea food differently! right by those who gave their lives to for this country nearly 70 years ago. >> jennifer: 65.6 million viewers watched last night's debate. it was just down 2.3% from the first debate. huge volume of viewers. what they saw were the sharp
sounds like a debate involving mitt romney all right. plus for reasons god only knows, mitt romney once again waded into the auto bailout, the president promptly bloodied his nose with it. and my favorite moment of the debate. who showed character and who didn't? we'll be right back. oh my gosh this looks amazing! that's a good deal! [ man ] wow! it is so good! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15 entrees under $15 seafood, chicken and more! oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm...
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>> yeah, the romney boys just seem a lot younger. >> stephanie: all right. speaking of lies those who tell them, would you like some of the -- you might want to load the liar cannon wow -- you got to hand it to mittens. [ applause ] >> stephanie: this debate he crammed 31 lies into 40 minutes. >> wow, a personal best. >> stephanie: he said i want to make sure we keep our pell grant program going. ♪ lie, lie lie, why must you be such a fat liar ♪ >> stephanie: he went prell grants for his hair. >> they don't even make prell anymore. >> stephanie: he would cut pell grants for a million college students. oh it's called a chance for every child [ bell chimes ] >> stephanie: he said he would reverse the money in pell grant funding. >> stephanie: i have a plan that gives america 12 million jobs. ♪ lie lie, lie, liar ♪ >> stephanie: that got four pinocchios. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: the post expressed incredibility at the claim. really, "washington post"? >> shocking. >> stephanie: none of the oil production came on federal land. 14% is a
>> yeah, the romney boys just seem a lot younger. >> stephanie: all right. speaking of lies those who tell them, would you like some of the -- you might want to load the liar cannon wow -- you got to hand it to mittens. [ applause ] >> stephanie: this debate he crammed 31 lies into 40 minutes. >> wow, a personal best. >> stephanie: he said i want to make sure we keep our pell grant program going. ♪ lie, lie lie, why must you be such a fat liar ♪ >>...
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i've earned everything i've got. >> cenk: it is almost a carbon copy of mitt romney right now. all mitt has to do is say i am not a crook. oh really? show us! show us what's in your secret bermuda foreign-owned corporation that you own, mitt romney. look, i got an idea for you? you want to keep all of your money in bermuda run for the president of bermuda. all right. now when we come back, i'm going to agree with the republicans. there will be a lot of surprising things on the show going forward from here. they're going out for president obama's kill list. i actually agree with them. look at the guys we're killing. >> while initial reports describes him as a 20 something militant with al-qaeda, he was 16 years old and there's no public evidence he was a member of the al-qaeda network in yemen. >> cenk: we'll talk about that substantive issue and talk about rafalca, the dressage horse that the romneys own. how out of touch are you? his name is rafalca. rafalca. it is absurd! all right. we're going to discuss that later in the show as well. be right back. >>the leadership of high
i've earned everything i've got. >> cenk: it is almost a carbon copy of mitt romney right now. all mitt has to do is say i am not a crook. oh really? show us! show us what's in your secret bermuda foreign-owned corporation that you own, mitt romney. look, i got an idea for you? you want to keep all of your money in bermuda run for the president of bermuda. all right. now when we come back, i'm going to agree with the republicans. there will be a lot of surprising things on the show going...
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>> all right, well, it appears certainly that mitt romney is going to win tonight. you will find out momentarily on "countdown" whether that happened or not. he is set to speak about halfway through the hour, don't miss that. the war room after that, and then we come back for another young turks florida primary coverage. it's an awesome night of elections on current. "countdown" is next.
>> all right, well, it appears certainly that mitt romney is going to win tonight. you will find out momentarily on "countdown" whether that happened or not. he is set to speak about halfway through the hour, don't miss that. the war room after that, and then we come back for another young turks florida primary coverage. it's an awesome night of elections on current. "countdown" is next.
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romney ryan. romney ryan. romney ryan. there we go. all right. that's great. thank you. >> john: now this prompted a rather public mocking from joe scarborough. but i think it was an example of governor romney being a little stiff and trying to do some crowd work which isn't his specialty. i thought the governor took a bad rap on that one. what do you think? >> in that case, when morning joe showed the clip of it, they heard people chanting but you couldn't really quite make out what they were chanting. but morning joe added a subtitle to indicate that the crowd had been chanting ryan's name. and that -- which made it look like romney came in and said add my name, too which makes him look a little bit desperate. i was actually there at that event as were you know, 30, 40, 50 other reporters. almost all of us heard that the crowd was chanting romney. and he was -- it is still awkward. he still seems a little awkward. but it makes him seem a little less desperate. i pointed that out on "buzzfeed." wrote an item pointing that out. as did some conservative blogs a
romney ryan. romney ryan. romney ryan. there we go. all right. that's great. thank you. >> john: now this prompted a rather public mocking from joe scarborough. but i think it was an example of governor romney being a little stiff and trying to do some crowd work which isn't his specialty. i thought the governor took a bad rap on that one. what do you think? >> in that case, when morning joe showed the clip of it, they heard people chanting but you couldn't really quite make out...
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right now mitt romney is running ahead of barack obama. it's 45% to 41.3% in the averages of the polls, which is actually great for the president. arizona is not typically a place democrats do well, a republican governor it's the kind of place where bay has a chance if the democrats are running strong to do well, also because of the makeup of hispanic voters there. in 2008, they voted for john mccain. he got 31% of the vote from hispanic voters in 2008. right now the candidate doing best among hispanic voters is mitt romney and he gets a whopping 24% of the vote to barack obama's 67% of the vote. the those hold true through the general election, it's going to be the kind of a state that the president can pick up. this weekend, of course, the endorsement, the long coveted endorsement, january brewer, the governor of arizona was given this weekend on meet the press. let's listen to january brewer. >> i have looked over all the wonderful people that have put themselves up nor nomination and i have decided that i'm going to publicly endorse mi
right now mitt romney is running ahead of barack obama. it's 45% to 41.3% in the averages of the polls, which is actually great for the president. arizona is not typically a place democrats do well, a republican governor it's the kind of place where bay has a chance if the democrats are running strong to do well, also because of the makeup of hispanic voters there. in 2008, they voted for john mccain. he got 31% of the vote from hispanic voters in 2008. right now the candidate doing best among...
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but we're showing right now, video of mitt romney campaigning with football legend and colorado hero john elway. which group of voters does elway appeal most? white male? >> i would say that john elway voters. it helps raise awareness for romney. elway is not known as a very political guy, so it's not like mitt romney is gaining the endorsement of a political constituency. but he is having his picture taken with one of the most popular people in the state and that has got to help. >> jennifer: i would think it would. thank you for joining us david. up next, a week later and big bird is still a hot topic. this story has legs. all right don't get your feathers ruffled. you guys are no fun. [ ryan ] it doesn't get any better than endless shrimp at red lobster. you can mix and match all day! [ male announcer ] don't miss red lobster's endless shrimp just $14.99! try as much as you like, any way you like! like parmesan crusted shrimp. hurry in, offer ends soon! i'm ryan isabell and i see food differently. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate safe driving bonus check? w
but we're showing right now, video of mitt romney campaigning with football legend and colorado hero john elway. which group of voters does elway appeal most? white male? >> i would say that john elway voters. it helps raise awareness for romney. elway is not known as a very political guy, so it's not like mitt romney is gaining the endorsement of a political constituency. but he is having his picture taken with one of the most popular people in the state and that has got to help....
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boy was i right. thanks, you guys. >> cenk: all right well, we've got a lot on mitt romney. but i want to start with ann romney. she was in iowa. and she said something about the critics and she's fed up with it. >> recently there has been criticisms from fellow republicans. what do you say to your fellow republicans? >> stop it. this is hard. you wanna try it? get in the ring. >> cenk: stop it. just stop it. i feel like she's talking month me and i'm her household staff. stop it. you're going in the wrong direction, all right, all right. the second part i found more interesting. >> time for all americans to realize how significant this election is. and how lucky we are to have somebody with mitt's qualifications and experience and know how to be able to have the opportunity to run this country. >> cenk: god, it feels like they feel so entitled to--you don't know how lucky you are to have mitt romney in charge. and here you are still complaining about it. >> stop it. stop it. [ laughing ] all right, now look, the thing is this guy has felt entitled his entire life. we found
boy was i right. thanks, you guys. >> cenk: all right well, we've got a lot on mitt romney. but i want to start with ann romney. she was in iowa. and she said something about the critics and she's fed up with it. >> recently there has been criticisms from fellow republicans. what do you say to your fellow republicans? >> stop it. this is hard. you wanna try it? get in the ring. >> cenk: stop it. just stop it. i feel like she's talking month me and i'm her household...
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right now looks like romney 41 santorum 38. and let me kick it first to mark brewer and mark did the democratic party encourage democrats to vote in this primary? >> absolutely not. that's our policy. this has been a real disaster for the mitt romney campaign and the republican party. this was supposed to be mitt romney's anointment. this was put together by the republican establishment, so romney could get anointed here tonight. if he wins at all, he will limp out of here very badly damaged having spent 6, $7 million on a state he should have considered a walk. so he needs to look in the mirror that the opposition to the auto rescue and the other things he has said and done was really his downfall tonight. >> i would like you all to listen to two sound bites from governor romney. one from 2007 and one from very recently about this issue of cross-over voting and whether he supports it or not? >> i think republicans have to recognize there's a real effort to kidnap our -- our primary process, and if he want republicans to nomina
right now looks like romney 41 santorum 38. and let me kick it first to mark brewer and mark did the democratic party encourage democrats to vote in this primary? >> absolutely not. that's our policy. this has been a real disaster for the mitt romney campaign and the republican party. this was supposed to be mitt romney's anointment. this was put together by the republican establishment, so romney could get anointed here tonight. if he wins at all, he will limp out of here very badly...
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and hepresident.and he will set the political of romney administration. >> eliot: right now those policies don't appear to be winners. in the poll of romney and ryan, a mere 4 points. but yet women gave the president a ten-point edge over romney and when asked who would give the percentage. meanwhile, the democrats will be highlightings with wi congresswomn, geo activ fluke pr relin pro-choncy keenan. us. >> hi eliott great to be here. thanks.ot: congratulations on your speaking role, the convention, i don't want to pry too much, but was this just in the last week, or was this a long-planned >> look, it's an honor for me to speak at the convention and talkt the importance of women's health and women's abortion rights issues. because these are fundamental issues of freedom and privacy for women, and women are going to make a difference in this election. >> eliot: women are going to certainly make a difference in this election. there is still a yawning gap between the way women and men view the competing tickets. did you think a year ago that abortion rights would be front and center in the
and hepresident.and he will set the political of romney administration. >> eliot: right now those policies don't appear to be winners. in the poll of romney and ryan, a mere 4 points. but yet women gave the president a ten-point edge over romney and when asked who would give the percentage. meanwhile, the democrats will be highlightings with wi congresswomn, geo activ fluke pr relin pro-choncy keenan. us. >> hi eliott great to be here. thanks.ot: congratulations on your speaking...
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our candidate, mitt romney had to go far to the right and never was able to bring himself back. i think speaker boehner's gained some credibility with his own party. flashback to the payroll chasm cut episode a year ago when he urged his colleagues, this time a year ago. we better extend. his guys said no and of course they were right back here in january, having to agree with the president, which is why i also think right now boehner's real sort of view is probably closercloser than he would say. >> eliot: maybe the best thing for boehner is that allen west lost. >> when you have very vocal members lose, it sends a message. >> eliot: a man who helped create and define (vo) when the clock runs out when the last card is played what will be remembered? explore the lives of the famous and infamous who changed our world forever. experience the drama, back to back to back. of all the hours in all their days, the ones you'll never forget are the final 24. don't miss the final 24 mini-marathon this sunday on current tv. save the best for last. >> every once in a while someone will have
our candidate, mitt romney had to go far to the right and never was able to bring himself back. i think speaker boehner's gained some credibility with his own party. flashback to the payroll chasm cut episode a year ago when he urged his colleagues, this time a year ago. we better extend. his guys said no and of course they were right back here in january, having to agree with the president, which is why i also think right now boehner's real sort of view is probably closercloser than he would...
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all right. we're done. now when we come back speaking of the rich, how the ceos help themselves while they crew over the workers. the numbers are infuriating, don't miss it. come right back. ♪ (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time. cu >>> i have got good news for you guys, american company cater pillar is doing fantastic. last year they made $4.9 billion in profit. fantastic. this year they are set to make even more money. it made sense their ceo pay went up. they paid their ceo nearly $17 million. good news for everybody. the employees pay obviously went up as well right? of course not. they are demanding of their employees, a six-year wage freeze, a pension freeze and they want every employee to kick back $1,900 to the company. they are literally making record-breaking profits, because this is the new america where your company doesn't give a damn of you. it's an, a-moral machine. i'm going to give it all to the executives and not share any of it wi
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mitt romney went so far to the right on the primaries, sell .reporting -- the dream act. >> right. >> stephanie: i was laughing -- somebody just came up to me and said here i'm from geo-proud, i want to talk about why gay people should be conservative. >> and the representative of jews for hitler were also here. >> stephanie: that's right. >> oh, my goodness. >> stephanie: michelle obama is speaking tonight. and having you with us on day one. thank you so much -- >> check us out, join us we have so many women, emily's list.org. >> stephanie: all right. ♪ >> stephanie: that's one of the great things about doing radio, people come up to talk to you, and you are like -- she's going live -- don't come up behind miss miller. >> it always happens. >> stephanie: i miss my best friend jacki schechner. i got invited to a party and i never know what to wear until she tells me. al she looks good in shorts you on the other hand -- >> stephanie: shut up. by the way they are just as big of jerks on the road this morning. my latte tastes like ass this morning. >> can you say that on current? >> st
mitt romney went so far to the right on the primaries, sell .reporting -- the dream act. >> right. >> stephanie: i was laughing -- somebody just came up to me and said here i'm from geo-proud, i want to talk about why gay people should be conservative. >> and the representative of jews for hitler were also here. >> stephanie: that's right. >> oh, my goodness. >> stephanie: michelle obama is speaking tonight. and having you with us on day one. thank you so...
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had the obama effort expand the voting right of the million of veterans romney did not say. here to make sense out of these conflicting allegations patrick murphy. congressman, thank you for your time tonight. >> governor, great to be on with you. >> eliot: all right, explain this insane logic of the romney campaign. it seems to me that the obama campaign is expanding rights, not diminishing them. am i missing something here. >> i feel like i'm in bizarre-o world. here you're going to suppress millions of voters led by mitt romney, including in my state of pennsylvania, and then turns around and says that the president is going to suppress military vote. the fact could not be further from the truth. in ohio, there are 913,000 veterans that now have less rights because mitt romney doesn't want them to exercise their right the three-day early voting to happen in ohio. barack obama wants everyone, including military families and veterans to vote. >> eliot: what, and i hate--sometimes it's hard to impute motive, but what was the underlying logic, rationale the republicans passag
had the obama effort expand the voting right of the million of veterans romney did not say. here to make sense out of these conflicting allegations patrick murphy. congressman, thank you for your time tonight. >> governor, great to be on with you. >> eliot: all right, explain this insane logic of the romney campaign. it seems to me that the obama campaign is expanding rights, not diminishing them. am i missing something here. >> i feel like i'm in bizarre-o world. here you're...
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our candidate, mitt romney had to go far to the right and never was able to bring himself back. i think speaker boehner's gained some credibility with his own party. flashback to the payroll chasm cut episode a year ago when he urged his colleagues, this time a year ago. we better extend. his guys said no and of course they were right back here in january, having to agree with the president which is why i also think right now boehner's real sort of view is probably closercloser than he would say. >> eliot: maybe the best thing for boehner is that allen west lost. >> when you have very vocal members lose it sends a message. >> eliot: a man who helped create and define reaganomics but now has serious thoughts. next. [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ ♪ and so is head & shoulders deep clean. [ male announcer ] with 7 benefits it goes deep to remove grease, gunk and flakes. deep. like me. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders deep clean for men. ♪ ♪ at cepacol we've heard people are going to extremes to relieve their sore throats. oh, okay, you don't need to do th
our candidate, mitt romney had to go far to the right and never was able to bring himself back. i think speaker boehner's gained some credibility with his own party. flashback to the payroll chasm cut episode a year ago when he urged his colleagues, this time a year ago. we better extend. his guys said no and of course they were right back here in january, having to agree with the president which is why i also think right now boehner's real sort of view is probably closercloser than he would...
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boy, everything's going bad for romney right now. did you see the story? [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] paul ryan photo president. not only was it exposed for the phony photo op it was cleaning already clean dishes, the president said he didn't have permission. they broke in there for the photo op. we're nonpartisan. wouldn't do this for anybody. talk about all of the air going out of the romney/ryan balloon yesterday. [ wah wah ] >> nonprofits are not allowed to -- >> stephanie: that's what he said. >> that destroys their chances of getting fundingde or the other. they just play it all sides. >> stephanie: by the way, how american president did the president go. seriously, all of my dreams are coming through. [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] he did say he's the president. i'm andrew shepherd -- assault weapons ban. right out of a movie. [ applause ] come on. this was commander in chiefy. >> and the suggestion that anybody in my team, whether secretary of state our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own g
boy, everything's going bad for romney right now. did you see the story? [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] paul ryan photo president. not only was it exposed for the phony photo op it was cleaning already clean dishes, the president said he didn't have permission. they broke in there for the photo op. we're nonpartisan. wouldn't do this for anybody. talk about all of the air going out of the romney/ryan balloon yesterday. [ wah wah ] >> nonprofits are not allowed to -- >>...
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which is of course the exact same question we can ask of mitt romney right now. if you demand the tax returns of all of your opponents you should have to give your tax returns. now when running for president of the united states of america and if you don't in the words of your own spokesperson what are you hiding? mitt, release your returns. release them now! okay. the reason he isn't, of course, he apparently has something gigantic to hide. when we come back, we'll keep talking about this. here is the amazing part of this. the role reversal. all of a sudden the democratic party is the strongest thing you've seen in your life and the republicans are running for cover. how did that happen? we have the specifics exactly how it's happening when we come back ♪ oh beautiful ♪ for spacious guys spacious skies ♪ for purple mountains ♪ majesty ♪ we will not settle for easy answers. (vo) the former governor of ny eliot spitzer, joins the new news network. >>every night we will drill down on the days top stories in search of facts that inform. [ ♪ theme music â
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roll model, right? i'm curious from a politician's perspective when you are in the middle of running he is still running, he doesn't want to signal he is already considering the second slot. >> i was raised as a good christian, and quite frankly i am very upset by santorum's use of swear words. >> wait, we have got to get to that. >> i'm for michele bachmann. >> you have an agenda my friend. >> the republicans wanted a woman. they thought they would get votes with a woman. up same sarah palin, guess what happened? nothing. now they have a latino and they know what the republicans have been doing to them for years. it's not going to happen. >> and you said chris christy here in california? >> yes but i don't think he is going to want to jump on this train, because his brand is all about i'm standing on principal, and he doesn't want to be standing on principal when he is arm and arm with mr. etch-a-sketch. >> let's listen to a sound bite. take a listen. >> would you guys quit distorting what i'm saying.
roll model, right? i'm curious from a politician's perspective when you are in the middle of running he is still running, he doesn't want to signal he is already considering the second slot. >> i was raised as a good christian, and quite frankly i am very upset by santorum's use of swear words. >> wait, we have got to get to that. >> i'm for michele bachmann. >> you have an agenda my friend. >> the republicans wanted a woman. they thought they would get votes with...
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make himself right because if he doesn't, he is going to lose independent women. they don't care about the specific statistics. what they care about is: who is going to stand up for women and allow us to make those choices and to reach that potential? >> so arthur so romney was sort of splitting hairs today in his statement that 92% of the jobs lost were women jobs. those are jobs that women lost that were a result of public-sector cutbacks. isn't it kind of disingenuous like really disingenuous for him to discount entirely all of the jobs that men lost? >> i appreciate that christine admitted that. the facts are correct. the fact is that we lost 74078 non-farm jobs and 693 were lost by women. i don't think we should be talking about these kinds -- >> you are talking about since when the president came in, in january. >> absolutely. >> we are in the middle of -- >> iliac knowledge that. i went to four fact checkers today and i have got that. the point is what i am happy about is that we are beginning to focus i think, on issues that really affect all the populatio
make himself right because if he doesn't, he is going to lose independent women. they don't care about the specific statistics. what they care about is: who is going to stand up for women and allow us to make those choices and to reach that potential? >> so arthur so romney was sort of splitting hairs today in his statement that 92% of the jobs lost were women jobs. those are jobs that women lost that were a result of public-sector cutbacks. isn't it kind of disingenuous like really...
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problems that obama's super pac had was they did a little focus group and they showed the views that romney and ryan had to the focus group and the focus group wouldn't believe it. they said oh, come on, they're not really going to do that, right? this is one of those categories. they're not really going to let women die in hospitals because they won't give them abortions will they? they will and they just did in ireland. that's what they want to bring her. 26 different states just in the past year in 2011 did 69 different anti choice measures, trying to take away reproductive rights from women. 69 in one year. states have enacted 713 different bills taking away reprobingive rights from women. you know what, kathy, you know some of the blame goes to democrats, liberals, et cetera. they don't fight back hard enough. they leave this like an assumption, oh my god we don't want to offend the pro life people. you should offend them and get in their face and say i've had enough. >> women are in the streets fighting in their own behalf not only in ireland but right here. look at what happened in r
problems that obama's super pac had was they did a little focus group and they showed the views that romney and ryan had to the focus group and the focus group wouldn't believe it. they said oh, come on, they're not really going to do that, right? this is one of those categories. they're not really going to let women die in hospitals because they won't give them abortions will they? they will and they just did in ireland. that's what they want to bring her. 26 different states just in the past...
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does mitt romney want to restrict voting rights for more than 900,000 veterans? because if you are retired you are no longer covered. that means the early voting law which mitt romney wants to undo provided hundreds of thousands of more veterans to vote. so that would really be the story -- >> that shows that shannon breem is a liar. yeah. that story inflamed by the romney camp patently false. the president's campaign trying to keep expanded voting rights in place for everyone military included. >> so almost exactly the opposite -- >> opposite of what she said. >> stephanie: restricting the voting rights of over 9,000 military veterans. it clearly results in the disenfranchisement of voters. this is so blatant to try to -- >> isn't there some way of holding fox accountable for lying about that. >> stephanie: that's so cute. that is the most hopeful thing he has ever said. [♪ romantic music ♪] >> they can say whatever they want. >> stephanie: they just report. you decide. >> yeah. >> stephanie: 46 minutes after the hour -- >> they report the lies -- >> stephan
does mitt romney want to restrict voting rights for more than 900,000 veterans? because if you are retired you are no longer covered. that means the early voting law which mitt romney wants to undo provided hundreds of thousands of more veterans to vote. so that would really be the story -- >> that shows that shannon breem is a liar. yeah. that story inflamed by the romney camp patently false. the president's campaign trying to keep expanded voting rights in place for everyone military...
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he criticized romney labeling russia as america's number one -- >> right. that was fascinating. >> i think dolph lumgrin was our number -- >> it was on netflix because these guys are huge. >> romney's spokesperson said the challenges facing america today are too serious to be laughing at tv shows. >> i heard the soviets are invading and only charlie sheen can save us from communist domination. >> all right. we'll be right back with the remaining moments of updates from hill. >> what did you for breakfast this morning instand bitch? >> announcer: >> announcer: it's the "stephanie miller show." ♪ >>this is outrageous! we've have no choice, we've lost our democracy here. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living i'm just getting by, there's no taking and no giving ♪ >> i was busy today on the phones. >> hi, this is vie lot. >> this is what happens when you suddenly have a tv show. this morning earlier the white house called and then suddenly royalty for me. >> this is for you on line 3. >> it's lilly tomlin. >> hi,
he criticized romney labeling russia as america's number one -- >> right. that was fascinating. >> i think dolph lumgrin was our number -- >> it was on netflix because these guys are huge. >> romney's spokesperson said the challenges facing america today are too serious to be laughing at tv shows. >> i heard the soviets are invading and only charlie sheen can save us from communist domination. >> all right. we'll be right back with the remaining moments of...
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president obama knows i'm going to vote for romney, wink, wink. >> prove i didn't vote for him right? >> stephanie: off mic, he says they can't see me in the booth right? i'm telling you right now -- [ buzzer ] i'm telling you right now he's voting for president obama. i just know it. >> he's voted for president obama because he needs obama to win so he can run in 2016. that's where it is. it is going to be christie 2016 and the other thing that annoys me about christie is i wish we had somebody like him on our side. >> stephanie: well, we did the past couple of weeks. >> but you know -- >> talk talking. >> a couple of weeks of it is fine. he also was there -- he also became sort of the major spokesperson for the obama campaign. more than anything else. and krugman -- paul krugman's column today is all about the response between sandy and katrina and just laying out there saying -- you know, big government isn't the enemy. you know. he quotes the old ronald reagan line where reagan got cheers. i'm from the government. i'm here to help. >> stephanie: rude, chris christie proved obama's
president obama knows i'm going to vote for romney, wink, wink. >> prove i didn't vote for him right? >> stephanie: off mic, he says they can't see me in the booth right? i'm telling you right now -- [ buzzer ] i'm telling you right now he's voting for president obama. i just know it. >> he's voted for president obama because he needs obama to win so he can run in 2016. that's where it is. it is going to be christie 2016 and the other thing that annoys me about christie is i...
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you say, mitt romney is not the progressive, you're right. who cares. the media is not going to call that out. if mitt romney did a full attack on president obama from a progressive perspective, that would actually work, and he would get to say i care about the middle class this guy obviously doesn't. how would he do it? let me show you the numbers, we have 8.1% unemployment. if you add in the 8.2 million under employed, and the 2.5 million people who say they would love a job but are discouraged and not looking any more you actually got 23 million people in this country who want a job and who can't get one. i say, president obama what did you do? you said you're for the middle class but that's 23 million people looking for a job and you didn't give them one. you may say that sounds fairly standard. let's get more into the numbers. i would go to the food stamp program. there are 46.7 million people on food stamps. that is up 46% since president obama took office. unlike the republicans, i wouldn't go out and say, you're the food stamp president. i would
you say, mitt romney is not the progressive, you're right. who cares. the media is not going to call that out. if mitt romney did a full attack on president obama from a progressive perspective, that would actually work, and he would get to say i care about the middle class this guy obviously doesn't. how would he do it? let me show you the numbers, we have 8.1% unemployment. if you add in the 8.2 million under employed, and the 2.5 million people who say they would love a job but are...
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romney. >> romney drops out tomorrow and it's between gingrich and santorum. [ laughter ] >> all right. thank you everybody. >> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? singing in the sunshine state. ♪ america america. god shed his grace on thee. ♪ >> romney serenades supporters while he is ahead by a wide margin but newt gingrich whistles a different tune. >> six months. unless romney drops out. >> the polls are closed and the results are rolling in with analysis from elliott spitse and live from florida with craig crawford, countdown's david shuster, coverage of the 2012 florida primary begins now! ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ >> good evening. it's an exciting night. good to have you with us. thanks for joining us tuesday january 31st 281 days until the 2012 presidential election. i am bill press sitting in for keith olbermann. this is our "countdown" coverage of the 2012 g.o.p. florida primary and what you want to know at this hour. cnn, fox and msnbc have all called the florida primary for mitt romney. no surprise there. maybe the only surprise is they call
romney. >> romney drops out tomorrow and it's between gingrich and santorum. [ laughter ] >> all right. thank you everybody. >> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? singing in the sunshine state. ♪ america america. god shed his grace on thee. ♪ >> romney serenades supporters while he is ahead by a wide margin but newt gingrich whistles a different tune. >> six months. unless romney drops out. >> the polls are closed and the results...
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did not expect to have on the agenda in the 2012 election. >> right, certainly part of the romney game plan was to win this early before the social issues became a fulcrum of the debate. it is very hard, even with his wife out there sort of saying, trust me he's a good guy, it's hard to see independent women coming back to him given the harshness of the rhetoric. what can you say that would bring independent women back into his camp? >> i think this is an issue with romney with independence over all. we've seen this being driven up over the republican party, now by just republicans but democrats who have been playing aggressively to start the election early. i think his response is to drive up barack obama's negatives in return. i wrote last week that we saw a hasher line of attack coming out of attack coming out of obama. trying to get people to turn around and like him again, it may be changing perceptions of obama and favorable impressions of obama that a lot of independent voters have and convincing that obama is not such a like guy and likable guy and someone you can turn against.
did not expect to have on the agenda in the 2012 election. >> right, certainly part of the romney game plan was to win this early before the social issues became a fulcrum of the debate. it is very hard, even with his wife out there sort of saying, trust me he's a good guy, it's hard to see independent women coming back to him given the harshness of the rhetoric. what can you say that would bring independent women back into his camp? >> i think this is an issue with romney with...
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but i think that's the strongest ad that santorum has been hitting romney with. >> right, there was an inoculation ad because he doesn't have the resources to go up against the romney play. i am curious about your projection for michigan. so in light of what you saw in your poll, are you projecting a romney victory? >> i think it's a little early to project. we are going to do a couple of more polls later on this week. if you take a look at the sum total of all of the polls that have been done there has been some significant movement i think, over the past week towards romney. if that movement continues -- and normally, if one candidate's out spending another candidate by a 2 to 1 margin, then that trend ought to continue, but you have got a debate coming up tomorrow night, and you've got a big speech romney is going to make at ford field, the football stadium so there are a lot of intervening events between now and election day. >> there has been some discussion, steve, about there % is a call on the part of daily kos, for example for democrats to play in the republican primary. if th
but i think that's the strongest ad that santorum has been hitting romney with. >> right, there was an inoculation ad because he doesn't have the resources to go up against the romney play. i am curious about your projection for michigan. so in light of what you saw in your poll, are you projecting a romney victory? >> i think it's a little early to project. we are going to do a couple of more polls later on this week. if you take a look at the sum total of all of the polls that...
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mitt romney seems to say my policy is drill baby, drill right. and maybe some day we'll get into wind and solar but not now. what's the right track? >> well, i mean if you talk to scientists and economists, they will say you know, we will probably be using fossil fuels as the main source of our energy for the next 20 or 30 years but eventually we have to get off of them. in order -- that's because the price of oil is probably going to continue to go up. it is going to continue to be volatile and because we have fossil fuel emissions and we're getting closer and closer to potentially catastrophic climate change. which does not seem to factor into mitt romney's energy proposal or republican energy proposal generally. so you know, any economist or scientist will tell you we probably need to start doing that right now. and the biggest thing that -- >> bill: all of the above is the way to go. >> yeah. the biggest thing that president obama has done so far on energy is he's put forth a very, very aggressive increased fuel economy standards for cars so
mitt romney seems to say my policy is drill baby, drill right. and maybe some day we'll get into wind and solar but not now. what's the right track? >> well, i mean if you talk to scientists and economists, they will say you know, we will probably be using fossil fuels as the main source of our energy for the next 20 or 30 years but eventually we have to get off of them. in order -- that's because the price of oil is probably going to continue to go up. it is going to continue to be...
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headline, the ryan-romney ticket. i got it right. the rhyme-romney ticket double trouble for the g.o.p. the president is at the whitehouse today with a fairly light public schedule at any rate. he gets his daily briefing with the vice president today at 11 omming meeting with senior advisors shortly after that. nothing else on his public schedule. you know he is going to be very, very business behind the scenes. the briefing today will be at 12:30. it will be held today by deputy presses secretary josh earnest. the last dime he took over jay carney was taking his son to summer camp. so one has to think maybe jay carney is picking up his son from summer camp today. at any rate, earnest does a good job. he will be there today. anywherea tandennira tanden with join us as well as senator bernie sanders, so stick around. >> this is "the bill press show." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> hey. hello, everybody. good friday morning. it is august 17th. good to see you today. welcome to the "full-court press" here on current tv. good to have you wit
headline, the ryan-romney ticket. i got it right. the rhyme-romney ticket double trouble for the g.o.p. the president is at the whitehouse today with a fairly light public schedule at any rate. he gets his daily briefing with the vice president today at 11 omming meeting with senior advisors shortly after that. nothing else on his public schedule. you know he is going to be very, very business behind the scenes. the briefing today will be at 12:30. it will be held today by deputy presses...
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and it was never an attack on ann romney. >> that's exactly right. >> the republicans stopped typing after they -- >> right. right. and john before you got here i was talking about my personal story, and i thought -- because every reality is different, my -- you know i did have a nanny when i was little. my dad was running for vice president -- >> yeah, and we can all relate to that. >> oh, boy. >> no, they didn't use me as a campaign prop. and let me tell you the other part. this is a little bit of a love story. my mom was a great mom and still very involved. my dad was a self made man. his dad was a janitor. and the nanny was my best friend and i went to her house every day when she was dying so there. [ applause ] >> i never did think of her -- i literally used to go to her house every day after school. and we would play cards and stuff -- >> michael reagan thought that the mani was his mother until he was six years old. >> yeah. >> frank says great show want to say i love your show. i think you are hot. if you should consider adding a new man to your wife please consider me. >> g
and it was never an attack on ann romney. >> that's exactly right. >> the republicans stopped typing after they -- >> right. right. and john before you got here i was talking about my personal story, and i thought -- because every reality is different, my -- you know i did have a nanny when i was little. my dad was running for vice president -- >> yeah, and we can all relate to that. >> oh, boy. >> no, they didn't use me as a campaign prop. and let me tell...
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you're right. he has been out in front of romney, i mean, i think it's fascinating to see how their views--some of romney's position on abortion-- >> jennifer: i'm going to have to do the same different analogy. karla, always great to have you here. thank you so much. i know you're heading to tampa so hopefully we can talk to you from there. carla manucci. we've covered the good, the bad and as far as the ugly. that's all brett erlich. 's next in the war room. so stick around. back to school time means back to school germs. that's why lysol partners with schools to help teach healthy habits habits you can reinforce by adding lysol wipes and no-touch hand soap to your back to school list. learn more at lysol.com/schools [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> jennifer: a visit to crazy town, john mccain is joined by short-term alaska governor sarah palin. they claim that biden is dragging the president's campaign down. if there is anything that knows a lot about vice presidential candidates dragging down would b
you're right. he has been out in front of romney, i mean, i think it's fascinating to see how their views--some of romney's position on abortion-- >> jennifer: i'm going to have to do the same different analogy. karla, always great to have you here. thank you so much. i know you're heading to tampa so hopefully we can talk to you from there. carla manucci. we've covered the good, the bad and as far as the ugly. that's all brett erlich. 's next in the war room. so stick around. back to...
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mitt romney did not have to go this extreme right to fire up the base in my opinion. jerry from liberty maine. what do you say jerry? >> caller: hey, bill. nice to talk to you. thank god for current tv. kudos to al gore and your show is great by the way. >> bill: thank you. >> caller: here's what i think about ryan. first, he was handpicked, groomed and indoctrinated by the heritage foundation. he's been pushing their agenda from day one. number one. number two look, this guy is against saving a woman's life in the cases of a medical necessary abortion. >> bill: right. doesn't care. >> caller: doesn't give a damn about that. one other thing i want to throw out there real quick is romney. you know, i think people ought to be aware of the fact that this guy is just an empty suit. he's full of nothing other than the desire to be president. he has no plan other than hating obama but here's what scares me. he's surrounding himself with these neocons and he will be jumping through their hoops, the same one that -- he surrounded himself with bushies. i don't think that gets
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so just how endangererred will women's rights be if romney and ryan have a hostile takeover of the white house? for an answer we go straight to washington, d.c. nancy keannan welcome back inside "the war room." >> governor, great to be with you again. thanks for having me. >> jennifer: thanks for coming on. a lot of people are saying congressman akin is a rogue congressman, butting among the republican congressmen is he that rare? >> no, he's not. they're all cut from the same cloth. that's mr. ryan and mr. romney, they're cut from the same cloth in the reprehensible comments, and heartless and cruel comments representative akin said today is just a tip of the iceberg of what happens if they're elected and the romney-ryan ticket gets the presidency or if he's re-elected to the united states senate. they're all cut from the at the same time cloth. >> akin has apologized, doesn't that take care of it? >> it does not. what they're saying what they believe, the fact of the matter is they'll try to do the old bait-and-switch on us saying we're not really that bad. but the fact of the matter i
so just how endangererred will women's rights be if romney and ryan have a hostile takeover of the white house? for an answer we go straight to washington, d.c. nancy keannan welcome back inside "the war room." >> governor, great to be with you again. thanks for having me. >> jennifer: thanks for coming on. a lot of people are saying congressman akin is a rogue congressman, butting among the republican congressmen is he that rare? >> no, he's not. they're all cut...
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i think mitt romney made the right decision. the right decision is to go to show respect to the organization, to show that you can man up and appear before a group that's not going to be necessarily friendly to you. i remember when i was a candidate, i spoke to groups of conservatives, i spoke to chambers of commerce. when i was running in california, i spoke to gun groups and i was all for gun control. and john mccain, john mccain made that decision back in 2008. the difference is john mccain went to the naacp and he praised barack obama and said this was something that all americans should be proud of for the first time, we had a serious candidate for president who was an african-american. and he was well received there. so tough decision but the right decision i think for romney to go. here is a stupid, wrong decision. let's go there and talk crap. to go there and talk nonsense, to go there and insult these people. and maybe you saw this. our good friend eric burns from -- formerly media matters now with bullfight strategies,
i think mitt romney made the right decision. the right decision is to go to show respect to the organization, to show that you can man up and appear before a group that's not going to be necessarily friendly to you. i remember when i was a candidate, i spoke to groups of conservatives, i spoke to chambers of commerce. when i was running in california, i spoke to gun groups and i was all for gun control. and john mccain, john mccain made that decision back in 2008. the difference is john mccain...
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the headline right now romney interviewed directly contradicts his bain tenure. he told cbs he didn't attend bain meetings after he left the company but this answer appears to contradict sworn testimony he delivered in 2002 as part of a hearing to determine his residency for the governorship. in 2002, he said there are a number of social trips and business trips romney back to massachusetts board meetings thanksgiving and so forth. "the boston globe" reports that he has declined to comment on the record about whether the business trips were related to bain capital. clearly they were. >> there are quotation marks around "sworn" and "continue." >> i love board meetings, thanksgiving and so forth. >> stephanie: that's what they call thanksgiving at the romney household. >> that's true. b-o-r-e-d. >> stephanie: here we go. he could absolutely as stephanie cutter and others have said, just released the board meetings the minutes of the meetings, release the tax returns. there has got to be -- it clearly has got to be worse to release them than not to, right? >> i woul
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kind of play into this class warfare but, you know, the president is right and mitt romney is wrong. the sad thing is we did the largest macro economic experiment in history for 8 years of george w. bush and let's learn the lessons. you know i would like to think, bill you and i have intellectual
kind of play into this class warfare but, you know, the president is right and mitt romney is wrong. the sad thing is we did the largest macro economic experiment in history for 8 years of george w. bush and let's learn the lessons. you know i would like to think, bill you and i have intellectual
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romney could get more women to vote for him, all right. and that could put him over the top. so he might in his -- his calculation might work. >> it may or may not have been a mistake. does it change anything? >> it might change how many women vote for romney. >> i don't think you could put women in a box like that. >> you're rooting for romney. >> said that to steve ducey. you're rooting for romney. >> stephanie: i know what chicks like. they like the first layer of the epidermis scrubbed off by a loofah in the shower. all right. we end with -- >> it's time for another episode of republicans eating their own. >> stephanie: michelle malton slams ann colter for calling romney a retard. what a shallow stupid thing to say. michelle malkin, one shred of decency. >> have at it, girls. >> stephanie: don't fight. you're both -- >> don't say it. >>. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: hello current tv land. comedian rick overton coming in live in studio for hour number three with us. jacki schechner. jacki schechner? >> yes. >> stephanie: there you are. hello. so how -- you know, the thi
romney could get more women to vote for him, all right. and that could put him over the top. so he might in his -- his calculation might work. >> it may or may not have been a mistake. does it change anything? >> it might change how many women vote for romney. >> i don't think you could put women in a box like that. >> you're rooting for romney. >> said that to steve ducey. you're rooting for romney. >> stephanie: i know what chicks like. they like the first...